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Newborn Cable Beanie Free Crochet Pattern

January 29, 2016 ·

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According to the CDC, a newly-born baby can have a head circumference of 12″ to 15″. The best any crochet or knit pattern can do (even ready-to-wear purchased from a store) is give you an average. With a pattern, you can adjust size slightly with your tension or you can allow the baby to grow into it. A hat labeled newborn will never mean that it will necessarily fit every single newborn straight out of the hospital.

Front Post Double Crochet (fpdc): Yarn over, insert hook to the side of the indicated stitch, move hook around the back of the stitch and out the other side of same stitch, yarn over, pull loop through, [yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook] twice.

Front Post Treble Crochet (fptr): Yarn over twice, insert hook to the side of the indicated stitch, move hook around the back of the stitch and out the other side of same stitch, yarn over, pull loop through, [yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook] 3 times.

Back Post Double Crochet (bpdc): Yarn over, with hook in back of work, insert hook to the side of the indicated stitch, move hook around the front of the stitch and out the other side of the same stitch (hook is in back of work again), yarn over, pull loop through, [yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook] twice.

Back Post Half Double Crochet (bphdc): Yarn over, with hook in back of work, insert hook to the side of the indicated stitch, move hook around the front of the stitch and out the other side of the same stitch (hook is in back of work again), yarn over, pull loop through, yarn over, pull through 3 loops on hook.

Front Post Half Double Crochet (fphdc): Yarn over, insert hook to the side of the indicated stitch, move hook around the back of the stitch and out the other side of same stitch, yarn over, pull loop through, yarn over, pull through 3 loops on hook.

Round 17: Now with smaller hook, ch 1, bphdc around first and next dc, *fphdc around next 6 dc, bphdc around next 2 dc, rep from * to last 6 dc, fphdc around next 6 dc, sk initial ch 1, sl st to first hdc: 64 hdc.

Round 18: Ch 1, bphdc around first and next hdc, *fphdc around next 6 hdc, bphdc around next 2 hdc, rep from * to last 6 hdc, fphdc around next 6 hdc, sk initial ch 1, sl st to first hdc: 64 hdc. Fasten off. With yarn needle, weave in all ends securely.